$1,000Which of these is NOT a colorful animal who's asked to tell readers what they're looking at in the classic book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?"A: Red bird B: Black sheepC: Purple cat D: Yellow-and-green reticulated python

$2,000While it's likely that you've never used one in your life, a sticker with the phrase "Be kind, please rewind" was often placed on which of these items?A: Typewriters B: VHS tapesC: Pagers D: Vinyl records

$5,000Scientists have recently determined that due to a construction error made about 4,500 years ago, what landmark is slightly lopsided?A: Taj Mahal B: The ColosseumC: Great Pyramid of Giza D: Notre-Dame Cathedral

Olivia, when hearing the question thought The Leaning Tower of Pisa would be an option. She doubts the Pyramid could be lopsided. She's been to Notre-Dame and it didn't look lopsided. She thinks The Colosseum is probably the oldest one left but isn't sure...

Olivia would have guessed Oscar the GrouchChris points out arithmomania is like arithmetic since the answer is C: Count von CountOlivia thinks she should have gotten that.

She was billed as "one of the most advanced math students in the country" so, yes, she should have gotten this without a lifeline.

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$5,000Scientists have recently determined that due to a construction error made about 4,500 years ago, what landmark is slightly lopsided?A: Taj Mahal B: The ColosseumC: Great Pyramid of Giza D: Notre-Dame Cathedral

Olivia, when hearing the question thought The Leaning Tower of Pisa would be an option. She doubts the Pyramid could be lopsided. She's been to Notre-Dame and it didn't look lopsided. She thinks The Colosseum is probably the oldest one left but isn't sure...

She didn't ignore it, she just couldn't put that in context with the age of any of these landmarks. Once she said she thought the Colosseum was the oldest, she was doomed.

And, once again, everything in the question except for that date was potentially misleading fluff. "Slightly lopsided" may be marginally detectable with modern laser surveying instruments, but I'm sure they're not talking about something that's visually apparent in the Leaning Tower of Pisa sense.